Storefronts: Carmine’s owner plans downtown Brazilian grill

Carmine’s Brazilian Grill, a new restaurant by longtime area chef Carmine Sprio, will open in February in the storefront below the 13 new apartments at 4-6 Sheridan Avenue in Albany, city officials announced today.

The 90-seat restaurant, occupying the former Big House Brewing Co. space, will be churrasco style, which features a grilled-meat service where waiters move around the restaurant with skewers, carving and serving at the table in front of the guest.

Upstairs, the first apartment is already rented, despite ongoing construction expected to end next month. Rents range from $900 to $1,750 for 590 to 1,300 square feet of space.

If this is of the “all you can eat” variety advertised in airplane magazines everywhere it will either be terrible and close within the year, or be overpriced and close within the year for lack of business.

Hope all works out…would be an awesome addition to the local scene…..give it a shot with all you’ve got Carmine…there are so many naysayers in this area but there are those who pray that you get up and running strong and suceed!!

And for those that read Steve’s Table Hopping blog, this type of restaurant was a popular response to the question: “what type of restaurant would you like to see open in 2012″? Hooray for a new local venture and a new type of food to experience!